wall/no wall

September 20th, 2012

Remember how I said there were big changes coming to this little house of ours? This is it! That wall with the beautiful mantel and (very fake) fireplace has been torn down and behind it–surprise!–is a staircase leading to an upstairs! Bet you didn’t see that coming!

Our house is (well was) a duplex and we were living in the ground floor apartment. Preso! Change-o! We now have a two story house with twice as much space! It is crazy and exciting and totally overwhelming. Be prepared for many before and after posts (as soon as I stop sewing for kcwc).

Sorry, I was a little unclear in the post I guess :) We knew there was a second floor to our house!, but the second floor was it’s own apartment that we rented out for many years. Now our tenet is gone and we’ve turned our two-flat into a single family home!

beautiful staircase! I love the woodwork :) reminds me of my house. Older houses have all that lovely charm. good luck with the remodeling. we’ve been at it 2.5 years now. it’s fun, but a bit overwhelming at times. When things get crazy I remind myself that I’ll be living here until I die so I have plenty of time to get things done.

How exciting! I know you will enjoy the extra space… and the railing. Well it is identical to the one we had in our first home which was built in 1904. You have to love the durability of old quality building!! Have fun!

the upstairs kitchen is gone already! We rented two burley dudes to carry the big appliances downstairs. Nothing was really built-in except the sink, which I think we’ll keep. The plan is to turn it into an art studio, but right now it pretty much looks like a room that used to be a kitchen.

Holy Crap!!! That is awesome!!!! What do your kids think??? I can just imagine my own children, waking up one morning and ta-da we have stairs now!!! and an upstairs!!!! Do the kids think you built it??ha ha! Mine would. How completely awesome!!!!!

This is insane! And the coolest thing ever. So much to decorate!! Oh man, a studio with a sink! I hope you start silkscreening or something. But, please decorate a boys room first so that I can steal ideas from you…we are hoping to re-do some boy spaces soon.